MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 59 23.9 22.7 93 1.2 23.1 185 5 296.7 299.8 296.1 347.4 17.58 1 1000 102 23.7 22.5 93 1.1 22.9 189 7 296.8 300.0 296.0 347.3 17.46 2 950 552 24.0 18.7 72 5.3 20.3 200 10 301.6 304.2 295.3 344.1 14.44 3 900 1023 20.2 16.7 80 3.5 17.8 178 5 302.3 304.8 294.8 341.9 13.39 4 850 1514 15.9 14.8 93 1.1 15.1 161 7 302.8 305.1 294.3 339.8 12.51 5 800 2027 13.3 10.7 84 2.6 11.6 171 10 305.3 307.2 293.2 335.7 10.14 6 750 2568 9.9 8.0 88 1.9 8.8 171 11 307.4 309.1 293.0 334.8 9.03 7 700 3139 6.7 2.6 75 4.0 4.4 171 14 309.9 311.1 291.8 330.3 6.62 8 650 3744 3.5 -2.7 64 6.1 0.4 179 19 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.84 9 600 4388 -1.1 -2.7 89 1.6 -1.9 185 21 314.8 315.8 292.1 331.4 5.23 10 550 5080 -3.8 -12.1 53 8.2 -7.1 185 22 319.5 320.1 291.3 328.7 2.76 11 500 5826 -8.1 -13.9 63 5.7 -10.3 187 22 323.2 323.7 292.3 332.0 2.62 12 450 6638 -12.1 -23.7 38 11.6 -15.4 201 27 328.0 328.2 292.4 332.4 1.25 13 400 7529 -17.6 -21.6 71 4.0 -18.7 211 28 332.2 332.5 293.9 338.2 1.70 14 350 8515 -24.4 -29.1 65 4.7 -25.4 212 32 335.8 336.0 294.2 339.4 0.98 15 300 9619 -33.1 -41.7 42 8.6 -34.0 207 43 338.8 338.9 294.3 340.1 0.33 16 250 10873 -43.4 -51.2 42 7.8 -43.9 199 50 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.14 17 200 12332 -55.0 -60.9 48 5.8 -55.2 198 48 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14136 -63.7 -78.5 12 14.8 -63.8 218 38 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16577 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.4 -69.7 223 23 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.08 m Freezing level: 612.34 mb = 4229.34 m = 13875.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.88 mb = 3845.47 m = 12616.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.98 mb = 207.92 m = 682.13 ft T: 23.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 19.30 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1257.10 m = 4124.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 34.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 819.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.42 mb = 980.25 m = 3216.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.42 mb = 1418.94 m = 4655.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.42 mb = 11726.08 m = 38470.92 ft B at Equ Level: 819.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.42 mb = 15024.50 m = 49292.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.3 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 211.3 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.9 neg: -3.5 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 134.83 Bulk Shear: 6.08 m/s